We are looking for a short-term, part-time research assistant (ideal for a masters or PhD student) to help us develop our natural language understanding systems in Mandarin Chinese. The work is remote, so you can live anywhere in the US or Canada. The position would start as soon as possible, for a term of around two months (possibly renewable). If you're a student, this is a really great way to put work experience on your CV.

In this position, you will be helping with grammar developement and data collection.

Minimum requirements: - Bachelors in linguistics, computer science, or foreign language - Native speaker of Mandarin Chinese - Fluent in English - Comfortable with the Linux command line - Programming skills - at least two of the following languages: perl, python, groovy, ruby, java, C/C++, shell scripting - Must be able to commit to at least 15 hours a week - Must be authorized to work in the US or Canada.